If you love fried chicken and you’re visiting Japan, chances are you’ll be interested in Japan’s very own version, known as 唐揚げ karaage. It’s a…

“This is the first time I saw the Kamome trains from the front. They are brand new and beautiful,” said one visitor to the JR…

Seven Stars in Kyushu is a luxury sleeper train that takes riders on a unique tour full of culture, history and new experiences throughout Kyushu….

Despite being a land with sake-lovers aplenty, you might be surprised to hear how brewing your own alcoholic beverage at home in Japan is against…

Japanese Twitter user Ramumi8 (@ramumi8) takes photography all around Japan’s southern Kyushu region. She shared a photo which is very seasonally appropriate for June, on…

Mountain Book LLC, located in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, has started a crowdfunding campaign on Campfire for a vegetable-based dashi broth called 野菜だけのやさしい旨みだし (yasai dake…

Not too long ago, during April of 2016, the southern Japan island of Kyushu was hit by a series of strong tremors, which collectively have…

Japanese manufacturing company New World Co., Ltd. and Fukuoka-based instant noodle pioneers Marutai Co., Ltd., now celebrating their 60th anniversary, have teamed up for a…

Dazaifu Tenmangu: A shrine dedicated to education Becoming a great scholar is somewhat of a tricky thing to do nowadays. Back in the times of…

If you’re planning to visit Japan’s southwesternmost island this autumn, you may already have included some of Kyushu’s most famous fall tourist attractions, such as…

Located off the southern coast of Kyushu, the lush, green cedar forests of Yakushima are heralded as one of the most beautiful areas in Japan…

Ever since it opened for business at the dawn of the Meiji Era, Fundodai Goyo, Inc. has been making high quality soy sauce and miso…

The trips to seek out the best travel destinations in Japan are made much easier by shinkansen. The comfortable and high speed trains bullet trains…

Starbucks is ubiquitous in Japan. There seems to be about ten in Shinjuku alone, and their ambitious plans to open more and more branches has…

(by JAPAN Forward) The moon peeks out between the clouds, silhouetting the profile of the islet. Depicted in a long-exposure photograph are a host of…